JGSS Enhancements (contribution by Two Sigma Open Source)

[Alan Bateman]

On 03/10/2018 00:04, Nico Williams wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We at Two Sigma Open Source, LLC, would like to make a contribution, to
> the OpenJDK, of various enhancements to the the OpenJDK's JGSS stack,
> specifically for better interoperability with native C GSS-API
> implementations.  As I understand it, Two Sigma Open Source, LLC, has
> signed the OCA already.
>
The "How to contribute" [1] is the best place to start. I see you are 
listed on the OCA signatories so that gets you through step 0. For the 
patches then I think you'll need to start a discussion here on the 
specific issues and changes that are you looking to contribute. This 
project requires all contributions to be sent on the mailing list or 
hosted on locations such as cr.openjdk.java.net. From your mail then it 
sounds like you have a lot of changes so it's probably best to start 
small, say with small fixes, until you've gain some experience with the 
process of contributing and sponsors/reviewers build up confidence in 
the changes. I suspect you will have the experience of doing 
significantly better than showing up with large patch that add features 
and changes large areas of JGSS. Starting small is really important for 
sponsors and reviewers as the review and testing effort for many 
contributions can be significant.

-Alan

[1] http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/